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Afrikaans vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
South Africa  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
Dankie  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
goeie nag  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
goeie more  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
asseblief  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
jammer  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
Not Available  
bye  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kazakhstan  

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kazakhstan  

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Kazakhstan  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
Not Available  

Native Name
Afrikaans  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
afrikaans  
kazakh  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
17th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Turkic  

Branch
Western  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Kazakh  

Language Position
Not Available  
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
afr  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Agglutinative  

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Afrikaans and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Kazakh language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Afrikaans and Kazakh Language History.

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Afrikaans and Kazakh Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Kazakh language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Kazakh Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Kazakh Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.

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